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Śatarudrīyamahātma, circa 1700-1850. = शतरुद्रीयमहात्म, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (54 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1998
Status/Location:
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Standardized Title:
Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.
Subjects:
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Śaivism.
Tantrism.
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Rudra (Hindu deity).
Form/Genre:
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript contains adhyāyas 26-50 of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise and veneration of the Hindu deity Śiva, especially in his form of Rudra (the howler). Presented as a discourse between Śiva and his divine son Skanda (also known as Kārttikeya).
Notes:
Formerly likely part of the same larger manuscript as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1997.
Title from incipit (f. 1v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
54 leaves foliated 1-54, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye daśamāṃśe śivagaurīsaṃvāde paṃcāśodhyāyaḥ 50 śrūsāṃbasadāsivārpaṇam astu // (f. 54r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words, letters, phrases are highlighted in red.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4625 (UP 1998).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1998.
OCLC:
953529780